Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Are Hospitals Cheating their Communities?
Most U.S. community hospitals are private nonprofits, and nonprofit status grants these hospitals an estimated $24.6 billion in annual tax benefits. As healthcare spending continues to rise, journalists and policymakers have begun questioning whether these hospitals’ contributions to their communities Continue Reading …
Maryland’s Global Budget Disappoints
It seems simple: give hospitals one overall budget, instead of fee-for-service reimbursement, and they will cut how much they spend. Maryland set out with this plan to reduce health spending in 2010. They implemented global budgets for eight rural hospitals, Continue Reading …
The Choice is Yours
Of late there has been increasing concern over the ever-rising costs of health care in America. Some have attributed these rises, in part, to an overconsumption of medical resources – imaging studies, lab tests, procedures – both through clinician recommendation Continue Reading …
The Marketplace vs Medicaid
While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) sought to provide a broader range of coverage options for Americans regardless of their ability to pay, Medicaid expansion for those with family incomes below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level is one option Continue Reading …
Employer Coverage Perilously Steady
As uncertainty surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) looms, private insurance premiums have continued to climb. Given President Trump’s elimination of funding for ACA cost-sharing subsidies, silver plan premiums have risen by an average of 34% for Continue Reading …
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